President Obama throws his support behind increasing the minimum wage | Economic Policy Institute
"That analysis showed that more than half of those who would be affected are women, more than four in five are 20 years of age or over, more than a quarter are parents, and over a third are married. Moreover, the average affected worker earns about half of his or her family’s total income. While the demographic breakdown for a $9.00 minimum wage would differ slightly, these breakdowns would still be in the right ballpark."
